Stefan Georgiev Hristov, Academician, Professor DSc
Scientific area
Quantum chemistry, electron emission, theoretical chemical kinetics, tunnelling effect
Scientific achievements
- General theory of electronic transitions across energy barriers in solid systems;
- quantum-mechanical theory of electrochemical processes involving transitions of ions and protons and of the rates of chemical reactions;
- general quantum-mechanical theory of radiationless processes in crystals, and others
Positions held
1964 – 1966 – Rector • University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy – Sofia
1960 – 1972 – President • Bulgarian Chemical Society
1960 – 1972 – President • Bulgarian National Committee of IUPAC
1960 – 1972 – Founding member • editorial board of Electrochimica Acta
1947 – Founder • Department of Physical Chemistry
Honours
- Dimitrov Prize (1966)
- Honoured Worker of Science (1972)
- Order “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” (twice)
- Order “Stara Planina” (2000)